While I was listening to a recent interview with Graham Hancock about his new novel and his TED lecture, the startling claim was made that Russian President Vladimir Putin commented that war might be a necessary result of the Monsanto Protection Act. I was skeptical, but did a little digging around, and it turns out the story checks out…

The shocking minutes relating to President Putin’s meeting last month with US Secretary of State John Kerry reveal the Russian leaders “extreme outrage” over the Obama regimes continued protection of global seed and plant bio-genetic giants Syngenta and Monsanto in the face of a growing “bee apocalypse” that the Kremlin warns “will most certainly” lead to world war.

According to these minutes, released in the Kremlin today by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation (MNRE), Putin was so incensed over the Obama regimes refusal to discuss this grave matter that he refused for three hours to even meet with Kerry, who had traveled to Moscow on a scheduled diplomatic mission, but then relented so as to not cause an even greater rift between these two nations.

At the center of this dispute between Russia and the US, this MNRE report says, is the “undisputed evidence” that a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically related to nicotine, known as neonicotinoids, are destroying our planets bee population, and which if left unchecked could destroy our world’s ability to grow enough food to feed its population.

So grave has this situation become, the MNRE reports, the full European Commission (EC) this past week instituted a two-year precautionary ban (set to begin on 1 December 2013) on these “bee killing” pesticides following the lead of Switzerland, France, Italy, Russia, Slovenia and Ukraine, all of whom had previously banned these most dangerous of genetically altered organisms from being used on the continent.

Two of the most feared neonicotinoids being banned are Actara and Cruiser made by the Swiss global bio-tech seed and pesticide giant Syngenta AG which employs over 26,000 people in over 90 countries and ranks third in total global sales in the commercial agricultural seeds market.

Important to note, this report says, is that Syngenta, along with bio-tech giants Monsanto, Bayer, Dow and DuPont, now control nearly 100% of the global market for genetically modified pesticides, plants and seeds.

“As part of a study on impacts from the world’s most widely used class of insecticides, nicotine-like chemicals called neonicotinoids, American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has called for a ban on their use as seed treatments and for the suspension of all applications pending an independent review of the products’ effects on birds, terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates, and other wildlife.

“It is clear that these chemicals have the potential to affect entire food chains. The environmental persistence of the neonicotinoids, their propensity for runoff and for groundwater infiltration, and their cumulative and largely irreversible mode of action in invertebrates raise significant environmental concerns,” said Cynthia Palmer, co-author of the report and Pesticides Program Manager for ABC, one of the nation’s leading bird conservation organizations.

ABC commissioned world renowned environmental toxicologist Dr. Pierre Mineau to conduct the research. The 100-page report, “The Impact of the Nation’s Most Widely Used Insecticides on Birds,” reviews 200 studies on neonicotinoids including industry research obtained through the US Freedom of Information Act. The report evaluates the toxicological risk to birds and aquatic systems and includes extensive comparisons with the older pesticides that the neonicotinoids have replaced. The assessment concludes that the neonicotinoids are lethal to birds and to the aquatic systems on which they depend.

“A single corn kernel coated with a neonicotinoid can kill a songbird,” Palmer said. “Even a tiny grain of wheat or canola treated with the oldest neonicotinoid — called imidacloprid — can fatally poison a bird. And as little as 1/10th of a neonicotinoid-coated corn seed per day during egg-laying season is all that is needed to affect reproduction.”

The new report concludes that neonicotinoid contamination levels in both surface- and ground water in the United States and around the world are already beyond the threshold found to kill many aquatic invertebrates.”

And to how bad the world’s agricultural system has really become due to these genetically modified plants, pesticides and seeds, this report continues, can be seen by the EC’s proposal this past week, following their ban on neonicotinoids, in which they plan to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants not registered with the European Union, and as we can, in part, read:

“Europe is rushing towards the good ol days circa 1939, 40… A new law proposed by the European Commission would make it illegal to “grow, reproduce or trade” any vegetable seeds that have not been “tested, approved and accepted” by a new EU bureaucracy named the “EU Plant Variety Agency.”

It’s called the Plant Reproductive Material Law, and it attempts to put the government in charge of virtually all plants and seeds. Home gardeners who grow their own plants from non-regulated seeds would be considered criminals under this law.”

This MRNE report points out that even though this EC action may appear draconian, it is nevertheless necessary in order to purge the continent from continued contamination of these genetically bred “seed monstrosities.”

“After his victory in the 2008 election, Obama filled key posts with Monsanto people, in federal agencies that wield tremendous force in food issues, the USDA and the FDA: At the USDA, as the director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Roger Beachy, former director of the Monsanto Danforth Center. As deputy commissioner of the FDA, the new food-safety-issues czar, the infamous Michael Taylor, former vice-president for public policy for Monsanto. Taylor had been instrumental in getting approval for Monsanto’s genetically engineered bovine growth hormone.”

“The US House of Representatives quietly passed a last-minute addition to the Agricultural Appropriations Bill for 2013 last week – including a provision protecting genetically modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks.

The rider, which is officially known as the Farmer Assurance Provision, has been derided by opponents of biotech lobbying as the “Monsanto Protection Act,” as it would strip federal courts of the authority to immediately halt the planting and sale of genetically modified (GMO) seed crop regardless of any consumer health concerns.

The provision, also decried as a “biotech rider,” should have gone through the Agricultural or Judiciary Committees for review. Instead, no hearings were held, and the piece was evidently unknown to most Democrats (who hold the majority in the Senate) prior to its approval as part of HR 993, the short-term funding bill that was approved to avoid a federal government shutdown.”

TLB Note: After some excellent feedback we have taken the initiative to contact Graham Hancock concerning the supposed comments involving Putin. Mr. Hancock assures me he never made these comments, and while I feel this article has merit due to the GMO information it contains, the Putin comment “WAR May Be Necessary To Stop MONSANTO” is in question but not disproved. The author does not in fact state Mr. Hancock made this comment but he also does not identify the interviewer, making this almost impossible to verify. TLB strives to publish the best of the best from our staff, contributors and the excellent and imformaitve articles we find on other outstanding sites, this includes truth and accuracy. Whereas this may not always be possible 100% of the time, we will continue to strive for perfection.

Right on, Sherri, GMOs are just one part of a depopulation plan. WW-III is becoming too dangerous even for the elite (notice the efforts towards nuclear disarmament), although it remains on the table as an option, pitting the Christians and Jews against the Muslims by the media. The problem the elite faces is huge: how do you convince masses to commit a collective suicide, while staying immune to a discovery, general anger, and a resulting 21st-century version of the French Revolution? That’s what the anti-occupyWallStreet bill is all about, the domestic drones, the FEMA camps, UN units deployed on the US soil, etc. Obama was their trump card as he had trust of the masses, but how much pissing off the Big Boss can a foreign-born black president with two young daughters get away with? A basically good guy ready to compromise, since 2008 he never made a decision that wouldn’t be in the best interest of the multinationals and the financial elite. But can anyone really expect heroism from a kid who grew up dodging white, black, and yellow bullets? And is it really in Earth’s best interest that the human population keeps doubling along a logarithmic curve? But are we, individual humans, smart enough to appreciate the wisdom of the lemmings?

Might be a good idea to get our heads out of the sand, take a look around. if you have concerns, do some investigation. Ask questions, don’t point and accuse. I have some strong opinions too and I try to have meaningful conversations about issues that should be of concern to all of us, let our voices be heard above the propaganda and lies… but say something intelligent..

Acronym for GMO, God Move Over. Not trying to be cute. I’ve read many of the posts and it’s down right scary what people think is real. “IT IS OBVIOUS” the “Will” of the planet is being threatened and if we do not make some heart felt changes the “Will” of the planet will bring down the changes for us as we have dismissed the ancient wisdom that has been patiently waiting for us to implement “bio-mimetics” as a way of co-existence. All I can say is we had better prepare for the Earths changes because they are coming.

Snopes is NOT always correct in their debunking of stories. I have seen them deny the validity of certain things that I actually experienced in my lifetime. The bees are dying, that is a fact. Why? If not for the reason stated in this article, which seems plausible to me, then you tell us why???????

It figures monsanto would be in bed with other agricultural criminals. I have despised monsanto since I learned how they got aspartame approved while researchers were still yelling that more research was needed. It makes me sick about the bee population being damaged…….
Heads should roll for this, but what was the reason obama appointed so many from monsanto to Begin With ?
Sick……
Sick and criminal.

Why on earth do you people have to sucker punch each other verbally to get your point across. Name calling and trying to make e/o feel “stupid” does absolutely nothing to get the message across. Why can’t you just discuss your knowledge without calling e/o out of your name. You totally lose the message. Communication 101! You become so focused on “getting” the reader to believe you that you have no ability to discuss what you know and maybe find some meaningful conclusions.

As for the point to a sustainment of merit — as president I think the same type of petition could be done on other points, Michael Lerman Serves California Elected Officials & Electors Obama Treason Notice 12-04-2012

‘Falsely representing or knowingly using a Social Security Number obtained with false information’
‘Falsely claiming citizenship on Form I-9′
‘Knowingly altering a Social Security Card’
‘Document fraud to prove eligibility for employment’

at this point I would agree with Russia God be over the Mother land, I think a point could be made to do something about the Act signed into law By Civil Petition to the congress to question its legal constitutional merit , http://www.westernjournalism.com/guilty-plea-in-obama-petition-forging-scandal/ , April 14th 2013 Indiana , Guilty Plea In Obama Petition-Forging Scandal can Obama retain the title of 2008 elected be it he was elected IIl-Legally… So how many the things that he signed into law should be looked to be void , or how many appointments are legal thus stemming from the 2008 elections, it seams to be me the voters that voted for Obame across the nation after this event by one state by the ill be gotten votes of Indiana was by deprivement of a just election to the fact the lack of just legal persons to be on the voting list to vote on, thus making Obama by theory of fact not legal to hold the title of elected fact from 2008

I was a dreaded EPA licensed herbicide pesticide operator. And no they are not wrong. In the 70’s Monsanto was buying up as many heritage seed banks as they could get their hands on. Check out Mother Earth News. If you think they are so wrong they why would Monsanto hire the former Black Hawk Mercenaries and add the head hancho on to their board of directors. The fact is that Monsanto along with Dow, Bayer Agri-Science, Syngenta have been poisoning the soil of this country for years now. We have weeds that have become glysophate tolerent ie: round-up. In order to kill of these weeds we must ad other items like 24D into the tank mix. Then we add in stickers just to make sure. If you had any idea of what this does to the soil you would never go near it. Please remember that Monsanto and Dow bought us the infamous Agent Orange. Their genetically engineered seeds are just that, killers of what would be termed beneficial insects. These include bees and birds. Spraying these chemicals in wet conditions where puddles exist is a prime example and it is done all of the time. In the meantime our government with cooperation of some states are bullying organic farmers. Stripping them of their livelihood, killing their crops and livestock. Before you open your mouth you better remember the immortal words of Henry Kissinger. “He who controls the food chain controls the population.” That is exactly where we are heading and the EU and Russia are right.

John Rambo:(In response to his funny message to those who watch these posts namely the NSA): So what your saying is “EAT SHIT AND DIE” ? We will not quietly go into the night, nor will we permit ourselves or our posterity to be terrorized by a government that is not beholden to we the governed. Long past the point of retreat, we will steadfastly pursue our freedom to grow and plant our own food in health and vigor in every country on Earth. So suck it up and give us the latitude or we will take it, and you out. Give the people what they want or get out of the way. If you read enough of these you will get the message that we are not going away, and if it is your “job” to foist this upon us, if you are wise you will discover that YOUR life might just be in danger. It is. Just look at these responses. Feel safe still? Power to the people.

what is the problum with tho old seeds??the bees have done OK for thousands off years..i hate to say this but i believe puton….. our peeerezz hasen’t told the truth sence he was reelected–and holder is right with him –and the senate–shit i don’t believe any off them joe

Ajkmsteph & rambo, ignorance is not bliss! Do some research of your own before you spew stupidity. But make it thorough, this is a very political move, which is ALL about power money and control. look into the illuminati, NWO, Bill Gates immunization worldwide. We are feeding the world and immunizing to appear like bleeding heart heros, but in reality we are poisoning, killing and making people sterile, for world depopulation. WHY? Because due to overpopulation there wont be enough food to feed the world! Only the chosen ones who are wealthy and politically connected. Ever hear of the world seed bank? Were not paranoid conspiracists – were AWARE AND AWAKE! Flouride in your water and chemicals in your food are dumbing you down while they slowly, painfully kill you. Dont believe me? Ask yourself this… Who the f are you? And why would they care about you?

I’m not a scientist. I’m just a mom. But after nearly 2 years of digging and drilling down, removing and reintroducing, I traced my 8 year old daughter’s sickness to GMOs. I don’t know what specifically in them makes her so sick but something does. We have horrific first hand experience with how toxic these things are. And if the reports of the harmful effects studies have shown on animals fed a GMO diet are true, my daughter’s battle to remain healthy is far from over. You can read her story on facebook at facebook.com/momsagainstgmos and click on Notes. It doesn’t take a scientist to figure it out.

And DDT is quite safe to spray on your children too. must be, they had advertisements showing it spraying over all the family. It’s an absurd world when you can’t grow your own food from real seeds and have to get them from a company, who doesn’t let you grow more plants from the seeds of your crop as this is illegal, and then also makes a terminator gene to stop it reproducing so you have to get a Genetically modified one from them. Then they sell the GMO food making it illegal for other food manufacturers to label it as GMO, and then they sell you the chemical that stops creatures attacking it but then kills the bees and birds which it needs to pollinate it.
Cycle soon ends!
hmm, sounds like weapons of mass destruction in the highest degree possible.
Who gave these people power? Everyone who didn’t say anything. “No Way, you guys are killing us and everything along with it. we say No to GMO”
This is all of our planet and we need to work with her, not in some lab.
Time to awaken people!

(On 26 March, Obama quietly signed this “Monsanto Protection Act” into law thus ensuring the American people have no recourse against this bio-tech giant as they fall ill by the tens of millions, and many millions will surely end up dying in what this MRNE report calls the greatest agricultural apocalypse in human history as over 90% of feral (wild) bee population in the US has already died out, and up to 80% of domestic bees have died out too.) …Who gives a rats ass what Obama said. I do not heed the government anymore. I have lost all faith in this corrupt system. It is time for Americans to act like Americans and rise up. Storm Monsanto, Syngenta, Dow, DuPont, Burpee and physically remove these people from society, remove the buildings from the communities, and remove the puppet assholes in our government violently and permanently……. Just saying…. Lets go people If not for yourselves, for your children…..

So who are you going to believe? In a world where lying is as common as breathing. Lying makes money no matter how grave the consequences or outcome. Yes yes i know, hard to believe isn’t it….Baaa baaaa. Sheeple of the world unite.

ok ajkmsteph, i would rather be crazy than the kind of stupid you are eat up with!!! Every other major country IN THE WORLD has soooo much data showing the immense harm GMO’s are doing and the OVERWHELMING damage they do to our food supply and anything that has the bad luck of eating,being down stream from GM crops being grown or from the contaminated well water from pestisides. So when ,other than U.S, the entire world has come together and came up with the same conclusion as each other, then decided no further proof was needed and totally ban this perversion of Nature, then your”where’s the data?” question , should have been your answered by that fact alone! When all other leading countries,besides U.S, understand the devastation that will occur if this is allowed to continue,then going so far as to drive home how serious this topic should be taken by pinpointing this be the catalysts leading to WW111, OUR Commander in Cheif(what a f**&%g joke that title is!!) has an obligation to the American people to discuss this with Russia. The fact he wont even discuss this with the Worlds #2 superpower is an act of treason and an obvious display of passive-aggresive behavior towards an effort to change the path that could lead to another world war. we all know ww111 will be the BIG FINALY!!! rrrrgh! dont know why i bother wasting time with someone such as yourself, since your comment in and of itself leaves no doubt you are not capable of a normal and rational persons reasoning!!! OK cant help it……..long story short!!!!!! YOUR A FUCKING EPIC EXAMPLE OF THE WORST KIND OF STUPID!!!! there that felt much better. God Bless and Good Luck

Your “facts” are not true at all. Studies show major damage to rat organs, et al. One study came out just last year. French study or Italian, forgot which. The agencies you say that support Monsanto claims are bought and paid for by Monsanto. The revolving doors of industry and government make this so hard to find truth. Why do you suppose multiple countries are banning GMOs? Why did Monsanto pay millions of dollars to defeat the California initiative, boasting lies and deceptive statements, things like stating “the FDA finds nothing wrong with GMOs when in fact the FDA did NOT say that and admitted as such. FDA thus far says facts are inconclusive. The crazy “fact” is without knowing a whole lot about what GMOs might do, we have all embraced them wholeheartedly in our lives. Ask any doctor if allergies and childhood illness has increased. They will all say yes, by 40% or more. They don’t know why. Nobody knows why… apparently. Apparently you prefer placing our heads in the sand and not questioning anything?

Okay, ajkmsteph is the most ignorant shill I’ve yet encountered. Really? Studies in peer reviewed journals have conclusively identified numerous forms of harm to people, other mammals, and a range of beneficial insects that are directly correlated to GMOs and their ugly cousins (toxic pesticides), which is in fact remarkable given the degree of vested interests and $’s that act to preclude publishing of most studies that aren’t biased / pro-GMO/roundup. There are studies that indicate that BT toxin continues to be produced in human’s gastrointestinal track, causing significant problems (most ill health begins in the gut), and that there is no way to stop this process, which kills off the good (essential) probiotics that should live in the gut. Have you SEEN the pictures of the rat tumours from an article published in a peer review journal? Or read the details which identify WHICH types of tumors male and female rats are most likely to get as a result of eating GMO’s. And by the way, rats are consistently LESS sensitive than humans, based on historical records of pharmaceutical testing — meaning that if they get these cancers humans are MORE likely to also get these cancers. (Oh, sorry, almost forgot – shills like you don’t actually READ the articles you are attempting to say don’t exist; that isn’t on your talking-points script). Most countries in the world BAN GMOs or, at the very least, require labeling to warn consumers from actually EATING the crap (over 100 countries require such labels, including CHINA — thus, the vast majority of UN member nations). And I couldn’t believe your sentence “The monsanto studies are submitted under penalty of a felony of wrong while the academic for or against … ” … This sn’t even a coherent, grammatical sentence!!! (Nor is there any basis for that statement; it isn’t like journals require a thorough review of your data set, and I would know, having published in several journals, albeit on different topics.) The only thing worse than a shill is one who is so thoroughly incompetent at his/her job that it insults our intelligence. I hope you have to provide your employer with a list of online articles you have responded to, so that they can FIRE you, and replace you with someone who at least has a grasp of the English language.

you are really crazy – you know that don’t you……………..16 years 3 billion acres of GM crops zero harm to a single person or mammal (yes their Bts kill some insect pests) > You say its clear they do harm – you are wrong show the data to say they do harm. There have been several studies showing potnetial for harm but none have been validated by peers and they all have been discredited by the agencies (not juist by Monsanto. These studies were mostly funded by organic industry or activists and there are 100’s of studies not funded by Monsnato to say the GMOs are safe. The Monsanto studies are submitted under penalty of a felony of wrong while the academic for or against have no penalty for bad science